Fedora-21 firewall advice?

[poma]

On 17.01.2015 14:41, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Am I right in thinking that there are two entirely different
> versions of firewall in Fedora-21? I've been looking at
> 
> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD#Dynamic_firewall_with_FirewallD>
> 
> and it seems I have to choose between systemd (dynamic) firewall
> and iptables (static) firewall?
> 
> I'm presently using shorewall with iptables.
> Can shorewall be used with firewalld?
> 
> I'm surprised that I have never seen an article starting
> "In Fedora 21 you will have to choose between firewalld and iptables."
> Or have I completely misunderstood the situation?
> 

Perhaps because the GNOME folks are not exactly fans of the firewall at all, and perhaps because GNOME Desktop aka Workstation is flagship desktop on Fedora NEXT aka Fedora 21, so why would they advertise something for them not welcome.

Yeah I know it sounds ridiculous, however c'est la vie, we are fighting against ignorance windmills.